Scoop.



S. V. MORRILL.

SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1912.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

WM y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANLEY V. MORE-ILL, OF BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN.

SCOOP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY V. hTORRILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Benton Harbor, in the county of Berrien and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful TII1PIOV6D1GI1tS in Scoops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The general object of the invention is to render unnecessary the usualprocedure of first arranging a funnel in a bag and either holding withone hand the connected funnel and bag, or arranging them in invertedposi' tion on a counter or the like, while filling a scoop with thematerial for the bag. And to this end the invention consists in soconnecting a funnel with a scoop as not to hinder the ready filling ofthe scoop when the same is dipped into flour, sugar or the like, butwhen the funnel is arranged in the bag, to receive the material from thescoop and con vey it into the bag when the scoop is tilted.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specifica lion, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the device showin it inclined and inposition to deliver material into a Fig. 2 is a detail front elevationwith the funnel in raised position.

The scoop a is of usual or preferred construction and formed of anymaterial found suitable for the purpose such as wood, metal or acombination of these. The handle Z) which is suitably connected to theback of the scoop, may be of any preferred construc tion and if desired,may be formed of the same material as the scoop.

The mouth of the funnel 5 is flared and of such diameter as to admit ofthe insertion thereinto for a short distance, of the front end of thescoop a. The cross sectional contour of the mouth may be circular or asshown, such contour may be rectangular to conform to the bottom of thescoop.

The ears or lugs 6-6 fern ed on opposite portions of the mouth of thefunnel 5, bear on the sides of the scoop a. and the pivot pins 77 whichpass through the said sides of the scoop and the ears or lugs, arepositioned at such distances from the front end of the scoop, as toadmitof the scoop and mouth of the funnel being moved into and out ofalinement with each other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1912.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912. Serial No. 680,280.

When the parts are positioned as shown in Fig. 2, the scoop may bereadily filled when it is dipped into such material as grain, flour,sugar and the like, and after such filling and with the funnel loweredas shown in Fig. 1 and inserted into the bag, the material in the scoop,when the scoop is tilted, will fall therefrom into the funnel and beconveyed thereby into the bag.

In order to facilitate the adjusting of the funnel into the positionsshown in Figs. 1 and 2, I make use of a yoke S or its equivalent and byinturning the arms of this yoke and directing them through openings inthe lugs or ears 66 and connecting the middle portion of the yoke withan operating element such as a slide 9, arranged on the handle I) andformed with a finger piece 10, so thatby pressing on the said fingerpiece 10 with the thumb of the hand Which holds the handle Z), thefunnel may be moved into the position shown in Fig. l or that shown inFig. 2. In this connection it will be observed that the inturned endportions 1]. of the sides of the yoke 8 extend over the edges of thesides of the scoop and form stops which limit the movements of thefunnel.

that I claim as new is:

1. The combination with a scoop, of a fun nel pivotally connectedthereto and including side, top and bottom walls, the connection betweenthe scoop and funnel causing the bottom wall of the funnel to underliethe bottom of the scoop when the parts are in operative position.

2. The combination with a scoop, of a funnel pivotally connectedthereto, and means for elevating the funnel with relation to the scoop,said means serving to limit the opera tive movement of the funnel withrelation to the scoop to position the latter in discharging relation tothe scoop.

3. The combination with a scoop, of a funnel pivotally connectedthereto, a yoke con-- nected to the funnel, and means for moving theyoke to adjust the funnel with relation to the scoop, a portion of theyoke serving as a stop to limit the operative movement of the funnelwith relation to the scoop.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STANLEY V. MORRTLL.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE EnMUNDs, H. A. FOELTZER.

Go'p'ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

